#1002924 yabasic: input and line input throw syntax errors

Package:
yabasic
Source:
yabasic
Description:
Yet Another BASIC interpreter
Submitter:
Jude DaShiell
Date:
2022-01-01 09:21:02 UTC
Severity:
important
#1002924#5
Date:
2022-01-01 08:48:30 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,



   * What led up to the situation?
   Wrote a line of code for interpretation.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     ran yabasic ty.bas. line of code was
     input "enter birth year: ",y
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   syntax error  followed by abend.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   enter birth year:
#1002924#10
Date:
2022-01-01 09:17:40 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Jude

Per yabasic's command and function reference [1], input does not take
a comma between the prompt and the first variable, so the code should
be:

input "enter birth year: " y

Regards
Graham


[1] http://www.yabasic.de/yabasic.htm#ref_input